1.   But measuring quality is an imprecise science.

2.   But the legacy of racial discrimination is not fully accounted for by measuring qualities like economic status.

3.   Efforts by some enlightened souls within managed-care firms to establish strict criteria for measuring quality of care have met with icy dismissal by their organizations.

4.   In measuring quality, the government would rely in part on data reported by the industry, which has lobbied for relief from regulations it considers onerous.

5.   Measuring quality will require a lot of deep conceptual thinking, not just better data.

6.   President Clinton announced that Vice President Al Gore would convene a panel of private experts in June to draft national standards for measuring quality.

7.   This is our way of measuring quality.

8.   Though the art of measuring health care quality is still in its infancy, many health professionals and consumers praised the initial effort.